. 2022 Nov 24;54(1):397–406. doi: 10.1007/s42770-022-00874-3

Table 1.

The effect of Bacillus subtilis FMCH002 (BS) and Bacillus licheniformis FMCH001 (BL) on the growth promotion of tomato plants

	FSM (g/plant)	DSM (g/plant)	FRM (g/plant)	DRM (g/plant)	VR (mL/plant)	LR (cm)	H (cm)	CH	D (mm)
Assay 1
BL + BS 10⁸ UFC mL⁻¹	127.29a	13.33a	33.93a	2.59a	36.0a	74.4a	64.0 ns	35.28 ns	9.21 ns
BL + BS 10⁹ UFC mL⁻¹	144.54a	15.24a	33.09a	2.68a	40.2a	79.3a	69.0 ns	33.05 ns	9.06 ns
BL + BS 10¹⁰ UFC mL⁻¹	131.76a	13.30a	37.66a	3.01a	42.0a	83.8a	69.4 ns	32.00 ns	8.77 ns
BL 10⁸ UFC mL⁻¹	145.25a	15.54a	37.10a	2.99a	39.0a	79.0a	65.8 ns	36.31 ns	9.04 ns
BS 10⁸ UFC mL⁻¹	118.91a	12.11a	31.15a	2.19a	38.0a	79.8a	66.4 ns	34.37 ns	9,07 ns
Control	93.69b	8.88b	14.76b	0.79b	17.4b	58.2b	56.6 ns	34.70 ns	8.32 ns
C.V. (%)	18.54	20.72	19.68	33.01	24.21	13.77	10.40	8.22	6.55
Assay 2
BL + BS 10⁸ UFC mL⁻¹	115.50b	9.55a	18.04a	1.21b	29.0a	92.6a	58.8 ns	45.46 ns	10.08 ns
BL + BS 10⁹ UFC mL⁻¹	141.20a	10.79a	20.86a	1.43b	29.4a	98.0a	58.0 ns	45.10 ns	9.59 ns
BL + BS 10¹⁰ UFC mL⁻¹	121.00b	9.63a	21.02a	1.43b	36.0a	99.2a	57.0 ns	48.46 ns	9.30 ns
BL 10⁸ UFC mL⁻¹	119.40b	10.32a	23.82a	1.83a	37.0a	95.6a	62.6 ns	46.06 ns	9.64 ns
BS 10⁸ UFC mL⁻¹	110.60b	10.11a	18.62a	1.40b	32.0a	87.2a	59.2 ns	47.79 ns	8.61 ns
Control	84.60c	6.44b	9.34b	0.66c	11.2b	74.6b	52.4 ns	41.44 ns	10.47 ns
C.V. (%)	11.95	9.32	21.57	23.07	9.84	12.03	9.59	7.44	17.8

FSM fresh shoot mass, DSM dry shoot mass, FRM fresh root mass, DRM dry root mass, VR volume of root, LR length of root (cm), H height (cm), CH chlorophyll (SPAD-502 Plus), D diameter (mm), ns not significant

Means followed by the same letter do not differ from each other by the Scott-Knott test at 5% probability